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AN ACCOUNT OF THE CHARITIES
OF
THE PARISH OF BOURNE,
In the
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From the
Gallery in the
William Trollope, of this
Parish Esqre by his Will, in 1636, founded the Hospital and gave the
yearly sum of thirty-three pounds for the Maintenance of Six Poor aged Men of
this Parish. And also founded the
NICHOLAS RAND,
by his Will, in 1637, gave to the Poor of this Parish Eight Acres and one Rood
of Land, in Holbeach, now let at seven pounds p. ann:
JOHN BROWN, of
Stamford Esqre by his Will in ---, gave to the Poor of
this Parish an Annuity of Eight Pounds, issuing out of the Rectory of this Parish.
William Fisher, of this Parish, Gent., by his Deed, in 1627, founded
the Almshouses for Six poor aged Women of Bourn, and settled and Estate, at
Tumby Wood-side, now let at thirty Pounds per ann: for supporting thereof. And
the Schoolmaster to read prayers there, and receive five pounds per ann:
AND ALSO, by his Will in 1633, gave a Messuage in All Saints’
Parish, in Stamford, and Little Casterton Fields, and an Annuity of four Pounds
for ever, issuing out of his estate in Stamford, to the Poor of this Parish.
ROBERT
HARRINGTON, of Gray’s Inn, Middlesex, Esqre by his will, dated 14th
of July, 1654, and proven in the year 1657, gave an Annuity of Twenty Pounds
for ever, issuing out of Home Woods and Dobbin Woods, in or near the Parish of
Witham-on-the Hill, in this County, to be laid out in bread, to be distributed
every Sunday amongst the Poor of this Parish by the Minister, Churchwardens and
Overseers of the Poor.
AND ALSO, by his said will, gave his Freehold and
Thomas TROLLOPE, of Casewick, in this County, Bart., by his Will in
1654, gave One Hundred Pounds for erecting a Work-house in this Parish, now
called Town-houses.
Thomas Wilcox of this Parish, by his Will, in 1660, gave a Piece of
Land called Allen’s Pitts, now let at
Twenty Shillings p. ann: towards the Support of a Workhouse in this Parish.
The
Right Honble. BROWNLOW EARL of
MATTHEW CLAY, of
this Parish, Gent., in the year 1742, gave the Bran[lacuna]o this Church.
THE RENT of two acres of Meadow, called the Constable’s Halfacre [lacuna]e Dikereeve’s Halfacre, is every year laid out i[lacuna]d, which is distributed to the Householders a[lacuna]mmoners in the Eastgate Ward in
this Parish.
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From the Bo[lacuna]e Charity
Trustees.
JAMES ORGAN[lacuna]his
Will, dated 4th May, 1729, and proved at L[lacuna]n 7th January, 1757, gave to the Poor of
Bourn[lacuna]0, to be laid out by his
Executrix, Ann Clay, in Land, and the Rent thereof to be distributed in Bread
amongst the Poor of Bourn, on Saint
Stephen’s day, at the discretion of his said Executrix, her heirs,
executors, administrators, and assigns.
JEREMIAH IVES,
by Will, dated 11th June, 1798, directed his Executors to lay out
£100 in the Public Funds, in the names of four respectable persons, Inhabitants
of Bourn, to be named by the Minister, Churchwardens, and Overseers for the
time being, or the major part of them, and that the Dividends thereof should be
yearly paid to the Minister, Churchwardens and Overseers, and applied by them
to the benefit of the Poor of the said Parish. £144. 12s. 1d.
BY the Award, on
the Enclosure of the North Fen, dated
2nd July 1770, 1a. 1r.
19p. were allotted to the Inhabitants for the time being, residing in a part of
Bourn, called Eastgate, in lieu of
the Constable’s Halfacre and the Dikereeve’s Halfacre. The Rent is every
year laid out in Bread, and distributed to the Householders and Commoners of
the Eastgate Ward, in Bourn.
And 1a. 2r. 4p., in the North Fen, were allocated to the
Churchwardens and Overseers of Bourne, and their Successors, in trust for the
Poor of Bourn.
BY the Award, on
the Enclosure of the South Fen, dated
7th July 1777, 3a. 1r.
21p. were allotted to the Churchwardens and Overseers of Bourn, and their
Successors, in trust, for the Poor of Bourn.
Herbage
Charity.—Under the Award, on the
Enclosure of the Cow Pasture, in the South Fen, in the Parish of Bourn, the
Inhabitants were empowered to give leave, at a Vestry to be held annually on
the Monday next after 5th
of April, to industrious Inhabitants
of the said Parish, not renting and occupying Lands and Tenements to the amount
of more than £8. per annum, to keep and depasture upon any of the Roads and
Ways in the said Parish such number of Oxen, Cows, and Calves, as the majority
of the said Inhabitants should think most proper, -- but no other species of
cattle whatever.
Catherine digby, by Will, dated 25th May, 1835, and proved
in Prerogative Court of Canterbury, gave the Officiating Minister and
Churchwardens for the time being of the Parish of Bourn £500, or so much Stock
in 3 per cent. Consols as, at the time of transferring the same, should be
equivalent to£500, to be paid and invested by them in the said Stock, within a
month after her decease, in Trust, from time to time to apply the Dividends or
Interest thereof for a perpetual Salary to the Officiating Organist, for the
time being, in the Parish Church of Bourn aforesaid.
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